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ml-WE EKi,,Y EA.A.-riON-1 IVENINS1301to. S. -C.. T-II-U'*j-?,'S'-DAy. INIOL
BEHEADING J[OE)E L. I
Notified of His Doom--First Frightented
Then Defiant--The Fatal Axo--A Neal,
Stroko --Tho Modiroval Mode of Pun -
ishment Which Germany Usos For
Stato Offenses.
IBnF.u, August 20.-Hoodel's -oe-*
cution was soimething quite out of
the common, even for Berliners,
Not since February, 1865, when
Louis Grothe, a young man who
with his mistress and his mother
had hacked in piecos and thrown
into the river a French toaelrr
namod Gregy, was executed, had
the axe fallon on a guilty wretch's
neck-at the capital, that is, for
there were a few execitions in the
provinces. The old Eimperor's in
variable practico was to commute
the sentence wV'henl a death wNarant
was handed to him, and lhe would
havo spared Hoodel's lifo had not
the Crown Prince and Plrinco von
Bismarck pressed him to ronioiber
that clemency here might encourago
Socialist assassins elsewhere as well
as in Germany.
It was on the afternoon of Thurs
day that Hoedel, who occupied a
coll in the city prison, was informed
that the law was to take its course.
He bit his lips and turned deadly
palo ; then nottered to It keoper
Vlo stood by him, "They'ro only
trying to frighten inc." "Not so,
said the keeper ; "that's really your
death senteuco." He asked to be
allowed to writo an appeal for
mercy, but was told that it was too
late ; then he asked that he mighit
be executed on the Kreutzberg, a
well known hill in tho suburbs,
associated with the revolutionary
procoedings of 1848. lie was told
that he might ordor for his comfort
whatever ho pleased, but lie declined
to avail himself of tihe priviloge of
"the headsman's banquet," as it is
callod, though (for tle fir:st time
since his incarceration) he asked
for cigars ; subsequently he took a
bottle of wine and soine beor,
At 6:30, p. in., the condemned
man was removed in a prison van to
the penitentiary at Mo:abit, in the
northwestern suburbs, and lodged
in a strong coll, The Lutheran
chaplain, Dr: Heinickes, acco mpanied
him and passod most of the night
chatting with him. Chatting is the
proper word, for whenever the pas
tor attempted to turn the conversa
tion towards religious subjects
Hoedel interrupted him rudloly.
The condemned man spoko very
freely, while smoking. "Had I
been placed under other circum
stances," he said, "I might. not have
come to this; brought uip difforont.
ly I might have boen another man."
Then he added :"I must play out
my part to the end as I began it."
Towvards morning lhe fell asleep andr
wvas sleeping soundly wvhen, at 5:30,
he was awakened-to die. Hardly
was he prepared for the scaffold
when lhe thrust his cigar into his
mouth. "You are free to do so if
you wish," said the clergyman, "but
I would rather you would not take
that cigar with you." "Very well,
I won't, then," said Hoodlel, "if it's
any pleasure to you."
The scaffold was erected in the
prison yard, whlero about fifty per -
sons, magistrates and lawyers,
municipal officials, military officials
and members of the police force,
besides seome reporters, were gath
ered. The prisonei', conducted by
three wvardens, walked with a firm
step to the foot of the scaffold and
stared impudently arond at the
assembly. Councillor Hollman,
vho wvas charged with superintend
wg the execution, took his place at
a table and road loudly the son*
Lence of death and the deoath warrant.
At the conclusion Hoerdel spat upon
the ground and cried, "B~ravo 1"
The magistrate nowv turned to a
tall, strongly built man, about thirty
or thirty-five years of ago, hand
Borne, with a small mustache and
neatly, indeed elegantly, attired in a
fine linen shirt wiuth waistcoat and
.tr'ousers of black bloadeloth. This
was Herr Krantz, the executioner.
Holding up the warrant that the
headaman might see the Crown
prince's signature, Councillor Holl
man said to him:
"Note this document, and now
receive from me the tinsmith Emil
iHeinrich Max Hoedel, delivered to
you to be beheaded."
"Come this way," said the heads
man to floedel, who, ran lightly up
the throo steps leading to the
platform and throw off his coat and
wiaistcoat. At this moment the
chapol-boll )ogln tolling ; lie gazod
in its diroction, tho looked around
upon those preseit with an irollical
sneir. Throwing down his bracos,
Hoodol h)ogain to uinbutton his shirt,
but coul iot unifastei one of the
buttons. One of the wardens went
to his assistalloo aid tuirned it down
beneaitth his shouldors, leaving the
nock Itid the upper part ol the
breast bare. Meanwhilo two other
k1opers had tied the coildmned
mani's arms and anklos. They then
carried him, pinioned anid helpless,
to the block, which Was of stout
hardwooO, with a hollow to rcoiVO
the neck, and painted blood-red.
Laying him on it faco downwards,
a strong leathern baud wis fastenled
over the back of tho head so that it
could not be moved, and a clearly
de1ined mark was offorel for the
lieat;inmuin's blow.
Opening a loatherm case, on which
wero in goli the figures "1878,"
Krantz took out the glitterinig now
axe, 1111d taking his aim, with an
almost imporceptiblo glmnce, sw1unig
the weapon al(oft and brought it
hissimg downu on the band of flesh
botwee'n th leathern fastoning an1d
the turnod-'>ack shirt. Only ome
blow was ineded. Tho blood
sprai'g out of tho immenso wound ;
the neck vanished (so it seemed)
and there was left the triuni, whichi
twitehiod spasmnodicalh a few times,
and tho head, Which looked as if it
had been shorn off just at the chin.
A very slight Contract'ion or move
mmint of the skin of the forehead
was noticeable. The wholo opera
tion lasted about two inuates and
a half. A coflin was brought out,
into which the still bloeding remains
were pitched ; it was placed in a
hole already dug in a corner of tie
prison yard ; tho carth was filled in
and all was over.
Tm.: VONDIUL GloW'rH OF Ts
-Ex-Govern ;r Pease, of f. x s, now
on a visit to his former homo inl
Ccnnectient, furnishes some inter
esting items of contrast and growth
ill that great Stato since he went
there in 1835). He ias seen the
population grow from 20,000 to
2,000,000. A million have heoon
aded since the cenusus of I870.
Most of this increase c:uno froni tho
Southern States ill the six or seven
years immediately following the
Wa1r, but for somo years now the
bulk of tho ieilliiration has been
from the Northwester4 States-Wis
consil, Michigan, Iowa and Minne
sota. Bit fow European immi
grants havo como in.
BAsHFUL.-A b ashfl young man
went throo times to ask a beau tifuil
young lady if he might be the
parltner of her joys and sorrows,
and other honsehold furnituro, but
each time his leart failed him, and
ho took the question away unIpopped.
Slhe saw the angruish of his Soul,
and had compassion on him. So
.the next timo ho camo sho asked
him if lie thought to bring a screw
driver w'~ih himi. He bhished0(, and
wanted to know whlat for. And
shue, in the fullness of her hear't,
said she didn't know but wvhat he'd
want to scew~ upi his courage be
fore he left. He took the hint.
The secretary of war deniies the
report started, it is said1, in a Rich
mond pipem', that the Souither'n His-.
torical Society has been tendered
free access to tile Confederate ar
chives in tile wanr department, or that
GIon. Marcus J. Wright, a Confed
orate officer, is in chlargo or such
records. Col. R. N. Scott, a Feder,.
al officer in the war, has charge of
the archives. The war doepartmnont,
in or'der to secure certain valuable
Papers nowv in thle hands of the
Southern Histor'ical Society, has
arrange(d to furnish copies of certain
records of pauroly historical valuo to
that society in roturn.
Onm Exoswero.--He wasI an old
phys'oian, and ho was declaiming the
the other day against the prop~ensity
of eating unripe fruit and vegetables.
Said be, "T1horo is not a fruit or
vegctablo growing in our gardens
that is not best wvhen arrived at
maturity, and most of them are
p)ositivoly injurious unless fully
ripe." "I knowv one thing that ain't
so good when it's ripe as 'tis when
grean," interrupited a little b)oy, in a
vary confident but modest manner.
"What's that ?" sharply said the
p)hysician, vexed at having his prin~.
ciple disputed -by a mere boy. "A
cucumber," replied the lad.
The old saying, "Exciuse haste and
a bad pen," has been attributed to a
pigy which ran away I,.em hom.
TilE BIMCA'1 DJL%%I.4
Roports of tie Speeches Doulvored at
the Great Democratic Rally In Winns.
boro on tho 13th Inst.
As severe indisposition proven ted
the editors of TiE, NaVs AND H-n,
A) from making, as they had fully
intendod, exhaustive reports of the
spieecles deliverod Oil the 13th, the
reports takein from the N eis mie
owrier are heiro given, ill order
that the few who woro not present
on that day may read the words of
cheer tSpoken by the standard
bearers of Democracy:
oEINERlA, UR ATTON s OPUNINo.
Gen. J11o. Bratton, County Chair.
man, called the imieeting to or
der, his appearalnco being groted
with loud cheers. He said
that they had assembled to in
auguraf o anothier camilpaign inl the
politicill wa11faro for the rights of
peoplo and1(1 the preselrvation of the
State. Tiey had assembled to on,
dorso thei Doiorwratic nolilneos
and ritify the Democ'ratic pl)atforiH,
every lino an syllable of whlich
lookod to the re-ositabllillelt of
the coistitt ion. Every pledge
coltailned ad pinciplo avowed in
that platform would be carried out
by the c:indidates. They had been
tried and proved. They had found
every right in the Stato trampled
Upon by the XeerCISo of personal
power, and by merely doing their
dluty 1had lifted the Comnmonwealtl
again to her former place. The
Gowi.nor's health, unfortunately,
had forbidden his app'eaninnec, biLt
he had the pleaisuiro to- introd(uco it
strong second to that grand figure..
head of the law in South Carolina.
Hi then ld forward Lientenant
Governor Siwpson, who Was re
ceived with long and loud cheers.
THE LIIUTENANT-oOVERNoRt
began by alluding to the enforced
ab.sence of Governor Hampton, and
expressing the hope that beforo long
the great leader would be enabled
again to enter the camnpalign. H<o
then turned his attontion for awhila
to pointing out the great futurc
aw.titing the Commonwealth and lai
childrlen, whejin her ilimense ltura.
resoulrceS shold4 1e developed. The
first step towards this w'%as th
est-ablisllment of a porlmnounet good
governmenit. The character of th
rulers influeiced all of the peope'm
temporal and even their eternal in
terests. It was evident to ill thai
no poopio could prosper under a
)a(1 govOrnment. H had no need
to tell thom what that was. They
had lived uinder onle for eight years,
from 1868 until 1876, when it sank
in infamy. A good government was
on11 that confined itself to the orbit
of its creation, being created for the
protection of the rights of tho po
ble. Whether a government would
do this or not depenlded on thc
character of its ollicers. Thc
goverilment was bst that was best
admuinistered. If the coming lec
tion should result in the selection of
unsafe0 oflicers it would be only the
r(esuit of the people's neglect at thc
ba1llot-bo~x. There were two parties
andon imst rule, and the chiarac
teir of the ()tieers would partakeof0
the character of their party. They
had had eight years of Riadical and
tw6 years of iDemocratic rule, and
they could sOO the contrast. The
Radical p)arty embodied the vice,
iniquity, ignorance, fraud and cor
ruption, and the Democratic thc
virtue, intelligence, competeney and
p)roperty of the State. Would they
suiffer the former to be0 again rom-*
stated ? He knew that they would
suffer no0 petty local discords and
p)rejuidicos to inlterveno e)twoon
them and the victory alread~y within
their grasp. In '78, as in '76, they
would roll up a majority the influ
fnae of wvhich would 1ho felt long amnd
far. lie pointed out to them the
implortanco oif the legislative strug
gle, and urgod that they should not
rest until glorious, decisive, ovor
whlinlg victory p~erchied upon01
their sitanldard. The speaker was
frequetl hy in terrupted by burlstVs of
cheering and ap~plauise, and at the
close of his addlress the echoes weore
made to ring again.
coMPTR~OLLEIR-GENERIAL JOHNSON HAOO
wvas next introduced, and his ap
ponra~nco wvas the signal for reneweod
cheoring, mantiy of his old soldiers
being present, and one or two of
thlem remarking facetiously that
they know him too weoll, as he had
led them into "trouble" before,
Gen. Hlagood's speech~ was a well
econsidered and forcible exposition
of the plans and pur1~poses of the
Democracy, and1 a review of Radical.
ism in this State. 'Ho concluded by
urging the importance of the pres
ent struen in which ho aid avan~
man was expected and obligod to
do his whole duty.
HON. J. 0. SHEPPARD
-was the next Speaker. He also was
greeted with ringing" shouts and
cheors. Ho said that he was thank
fil to soo that lie would bo able to
report to the Executive Coinini tteo
that Fairfiold was going" to roll 1u
ia majority that voul(I forever staimip
out Retimblicanismu within her hor
ders. [Cheers.] Ito saw in their
oyes and faces the samo evidences of
resolve that lie had seen in the
streets of Edgfiel( whou Chamber
lain mot his first rout. People giving
such evidences had never ben do
feated. [Chors.] All had tasted
of the biterness of Radicalism, and
they woro working to blot it out
forevor. Tho colored mon during
the campaign of 1876 had now and
then had a visit from Chamberlain,
Cardozo, Whittemore, or some other
him) of the dpvil [laughter] who
came down to tell them their duty.
WX hero wero thosO mn nOw ? Tihe
white people intendud to do their
duty to the colorod people, and they
wanited them to reciprocate. The
colored man would be met as he
eame. When he came in l red shirt
he would be welcomed and taken
care of. [Chcers.] Tho first at
tack oi the rights of the colored
muon would be made by Jim Blaine,
of Maine, and his gang, and the
Southern peopl would protoet and
maintain them. There would be no
onduring peace and prosperity until
the Democratic party gained the
control. Its efforts 'should not be
confined to South Carolina, but
should be directed at the White
House. [Cheers.] Mr.. Sheppard
alluded to "Independents," charac
terizing them as being worse and
1mor;e dangerous than all the c.rpet -
baggeri and scalawags. Thore wai
only ono rulo to go by in this coin
test, and that was the platform of
1876. Tnat guaranteed equal rights
before the Jaw to every citizen.
There was no struggle between
white and black. The Peole)0 Were
wOrklling for honest government, anud
invited all to come nd help them.
The speakcr closed with an eloquent
appeal to all present to give labor,
time and infiluenco to the gaining of
a glorious victory on the 51,h of
November.
M. JAs. G. GI1TIEs
was then introduced, and delivored
one of his charactoristic humorous
land instructive addresses to tihe
colored people, which was received
with shouts of laughter and alauso.
CONORESSMAN J. I. EVINS
followed, being groeted with loud
choors. Ho prefaced his remarks
with an eloquent appeal in behalf
of the yellow fever sufferers, urging
those present to take some measures
for their relief. Ho then spoko of
the universal financial distress in
the country, and charged that it was
directly due to the nismanagoent
and bad policy of the Republican
party, which had contracted the
circulation, demonetized silver,
made the bonds p)ayable in coin, and1
p~asscd a resumpj~tion act with out
taking means to b.'ing ab)out its ac
compishentthrough tihe operation
ofnatsual iaw. H alluded also to
the high protective tariff enforced
by the *jl publicans, which caused
trouble and distress 1)y shutting up
the Outlets for the surplus p)roducts
of tihe country. The Nort'horn peo0
ple, however, he said, were beginning
to awake from their midsummer
madness, as was shown by tihe recent
elections in Vermont, Oregon and
Maine, the home of Jim Bjlaine. He
concluded by urging thme impjortance
of carrying every county in the
State this time, in prep1arationi for
sweeping it in 188(0 for the Demo.
cratic candidates and solidifying tihe
South.
Geon. Bratton then announcedl that
the regular proceedings of tile nmoot.
ing were over. Those in attendance
seemed diflicult to satisfy, however,
and1 vociferous calls woere made for
Maj. T11. W. Woodw~ard and Hon. H.
A. Gaillard. Mamjor Woodwvard
finally camne forward and spoko very
bri-l. o said that ho saw in the
lOpeol' faces that they intended to
rival Edgefield, and ho wvould never
rest until they rolled up a majority
equal to that of the Banner County.
He then spoke a few wvords of advico
to the colored people, of whom
thorn wvoro miany present of both
sexes, and concluded by saying that
he could not speak, but if there woro
over any more red foxes 'to be
skinned, they would find him on
hand. [Long and loud cheering.]
Mr. Gaillardi, in responseR to r'o,
peatod and clamorous calls, came
forward, and was greeted with a
tremendous outburst 91 applause.
He excused himself from speaking,
merely remarking that thn neonie
had heard their duty. know it, and
would, ho was suro, do it.
After throo throat-cracking, tym
p)anun-splitting ch rs had boon
given for Governor Hampton, the
crowd dispersed, the clubs falling
in anl marching ofI, all tpparently
newly fired, encoUirgeol and jubilant.
Township h1)arbeeues and iotings
are anniounced in all directions, and
the DOnocrats of b0th colors aro
thoroughly arousod and hard at
work. A. B. W.
Lioeir AS A Mlooi.--A working
modol of a verv intoresting machino
is now boinmg exhibited in a Now
York show windlow. It is tho in,
volition of an Englisilan, and con
sists of four disks attachod to arms
radiating from a contral rovolving
post. One side of each disk is
I lainote black and the other whito.
The blauc surfaco absorbs and the
white surfteo repols light, thius
revolving the iachino. In order
to avoid friction with the atmos,
phero, the niachino is placed under
a glass cover, from which tho air
has been exhaustod. It is not hoat
that moves Lho dlisks, and that the
motivo power is light alone is
1)r)ved bvy the fact that the machino
will worIc evel if placetl in an ice
houso. The light of a candle will
cause the machino to revolvo slow-.
ly, and a calcium light will incito
rapii revolutions. The modol on
exhibition is worked by ordinary
daylight, but is not touchod by
direct ra1ys of tho siml. It is in the
shado.
Wo road of a Pennsylvania nim
who mried himself of dyspopsia by
chiising a chromo igont ovor a
inioiifm1itin nino miles high; but
therc is ait man inl tho Valley of
Virginia who for forty years has
enjoyed, with an over increasing
relish, sOtting a Iack of hounds on
overy lightning-.rod man and book
agent who has stfopped at his gate.
'This, he say9, has contributed to his
uitisinont and his good health.
VEGETINE
Purifles the Bloo and GIves
Strength.
DU QUOIN, ILL., Jan. 21, 1818.
Mnt. IT. R. STryENS:
1Dear Sir-Your "V'egeIinie" has benol (oing
woinders for tme. havo bee lihaving the Chill
ani1d lever, coitraited inl the swam ps of 14,
S n notl hI n lvi ke rilief un1111 1 h1-:an
theIt of your veget ine, itsgivig le illiedi..
ate lief, tluing up1) My system, purifying iy
blool, giving strengh; whereai ti11 ot-her 1ned1
I Ines Weaklenied lm10 and lilled ily m5sstom WItti
l 14son ; 1id I a Il atI Istled I hat if fainlites Ihilat
live in i ie agiue distritS of i ho Souni and west
wottl I aIe v"geline two orI thretI Imlines a iWeek,
I hey wohliE not hv i rill(t wiitt h lie Chills or
Ith malig t lI-'evers thl tprevaii at certali
im if1(-,, ti ' heyva Iy , sive t doitsor's b ills, and live to
a goo:1 old age. ltespectully yottm
Agen IIonlerson's Looim, St. Louil, Sin.
A.i. Ihs.ASKs oP TmI 11oon.-If N'VgetieIC will
relieve painl, cleanlse putrify and cure such
(lseases. restoring .ho itiii nt to perfect
hiealh artIr I'vi3ig dit'ferenit, pIySiCianls, 115ay
remiedies, sufferilig for yer11ls, Is It not conicill
sivI proof, if yo are uIlrer, yo canl bo
(nred 7 Why is thIs ledleIl perfoliniag sueCl
gretl 01r1s ,8 It, woriks In Ihe blood, in ie cir
('u1lting flbild. 1I, ann Ituly bev called the
(Ireat, liletdi'Iriller. Te great, 0uc of di,.
ca:ls originaleS in the blood ; and ni medlcino
i ht. dots not at directly upon it, to iIIfy and
r'entovlte, lti jist, claima upon public attentIon.
VEG ETINE
lHas Entirely Cured Mo of
Vertigo.
M n.II. 1. savx~ 11O, I LL., Jani. 218, 1878.
Demar' sir-iI havtn used several hottles of
"'viEITIN5"; iitinhs entirely ('ured'( mie of
V'ert lgo. 4 hiave also used it, filr Kidney C'om
plaint,. It, is the best, meodleine for ktidney
com tin~~lit.. I would rCcommendCI( it, as5 a good
blood l)1'tti'. N. YoCUM3.
PAIN AND) DTRElASl.--Canu we expect to enjoy
good hea111 lt he hafit 0or t'orriupt humornls tmir-,
('4ul I iht' b)l0od, caus5lig pa11 i ad disease;
and thi e l(se hlumior' bintg depoesi ledi itoughi tihe
tntii' tre bod, prod0itee Ilimplles, erupt itns, lilew's,
Sidigtestlont, cost iveness, headnehetslt', noifhj gin,
Itemnove i.hio causemo by tankin g Vegeitine, (ho
mi ost reliiabile r'Omerl(y foxr cntisinmg and1( puri'fy..
tng the i)10od.
VEG'( KEINE
I Iselieve it to be a Goodl !e d-.
('111e.
Mn. 5Trav Ns: XF.NIA, 0., Marchi I, 187T,
Doar' Sir--I wish t) iniform yolu whatt yourli
Vegel in' ilms done1 for' me. 1 haUve been affit..
('d with Neutralgia, anid after using three bet
tie's of 4te Vetgel Inc w'as enti1rely rlieved. {
iii'o foutnd my~ gen''rai hiealt.h munhch improved,.
I bielleve it, to be a gooull mreiie.
Yo0urs tily, lE I) IhAl1V EIIsTJCK.
V'EoMTItNE thloroulghly et'adicate~s ever'y king
of humnor, andii restores (lho entire systoem to a
hetaliy condition.
VE~GE T1'iNE.
Dru'iggist'sI IReport.
iiear' Sir-wa haivo beenf sollinlg'youlr (tVce,
tIne1 for 41he past5. (lghteen4 mont1 (11s, and we take
plieasure inling that. in ever'y 014se, to otte
knowedge it,448given jrent, sat.isfacotion.
IIlekman, 4l,
VEGE TINE
Is TIlE BEST
Spring Medicine.
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
Vegetine ia Mold b all Druggists.
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